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==FIBIS resources==
*FIBIS Gallery [httphttps://www.gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/category/21 Collection of photographs] taken by and owned by Arthur Cecil Gregory who served in the 5th Battalion East Surrey Regiment in various parts of India during WW1.*[http://wwwarchive.searchis/UlbZ8#selection-100.fibis1-747.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_picture&id=199&s_id=16 9 Photo of a memorial] in St George's Cathedral, [[Agra]] to NCOs & Men of 6th Battalion East Surrey Regiment who died in India 1914 - 1919. Note, this is an archived page, (archive.is, however this may vary) as the original FIBIS database page now no longer appears available. List of Names Included: V.G. Warner C.J. Foster H. Hill W.H. Balkam H.D. Bourne R.E. Brazier F. Bull H.J. Burrows W.J. Carpenter J.V. Carrington G. Dean R.F. Dignam W.G. Dunford E.G. Earthy G.A. Enever R. Garrett A.L. Hampton M.M. Harris T.T. Herbert W.A. Lawton G. Marnock W.J. Verrell R.G. Brazenor E. Sweetman R. Morris A.W. Newman F.J. Nicholson W.P.N. Norris G. Palmer W. Peart W.G. Shettle C.L. Sparrow A. Rosenwould W.P.A. Tilbury W.H. Tubbs F.C. Tull F. Wakeford A list of names is included. Walters B.T.G. Wild E.G. Williams F. Winter.
== Records and Archives ==
***For the ''Journal of the East Surrey Regiment'', 1920-1959, see J/553 in Surrey History Centre's library holdings
***The bibliography (scroll down) mentions the main regimental history
:[http://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2Adetails/r/records.aspx?cat=17618678d63-9c09-4680-esrreg&cid=a797-164c01b564a30#-1 The National Archives Discovery] catalogue entry for the records at the Surrey History Centre. :[https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=201071&clickref=&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.co.uk findmypast] includes a database Surrey Recruitment Registers 1908-1933,<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/surrey-recruitment-registers-1908-1933 Surrey Recruitment Registers 1908-1933] findmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/ Regimental & Service Records, original records from The Surrey History Centre.
==External links==
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/eastsurreys.htm 1/5th Battalion and 1/6th Battalion] East Surrey Regiment, part of the Territorial Force, were in India most of World War 1, landing at Bombay 2 December 1914. "The Long, Long Trail"
*[http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/11330252.The__Terriers__of_Wimbledon_fought_for_the_British_Empire/ "The "Terriers" of Wimbledon fought for the British Empire"]. The 5th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 18th July 2014 yourlocalguardian.co.uk
*Two letters written by Harry Beaumont, 1/6 East Surrey Regiment, No. 2297, from a collection of letters written by staff at the Audit office for the Great Western Railway (GWR) based at Paddington, London. The National Archives.
:[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/letters-first-world-war-1915/troop-ship-five-weeks-on-board/ Troop ship: ‘five weeks on board’] 29 November 1914, written onboard SS Grantully Castle
:[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/letters-first-world-war-1915/india-time-life/ India: ‘the time of my life’] May 1915, written from Kuldana, [[Murree]].
*[http://www.voyagetoindia.co.uk Voyage to India: Memoirs of the 1st/3rd Kent Battery 1914] Frank William Critchley was 22 years old and a sergeant in the 1st/3rd Kent Battery, Royal Artillery. He travelled to India on the troopship Grantully Castle which departed Southampton 29 Oct 1914 and arrived Bombay 2 December 1914. One board were: Artillery 450. [[East Surrey Regiment|East Surreys]] 400. [[50th Regiment of Foot|4th Queens]] 800. voyagetoindia.co.uk
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000780 1976 interview with Walter Cousins], British private served with 1/5th Battalion, East Surrey Regt in India, 1914-1916; NCO served with 222nd Coy, Machine Gun Corps in India and Afghanistan, 1916-1920. Imperial War Museums
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000953 1977 interview with Charles Douglas Armstrong], British officer served with 7th Bn Machine Gun Corps in India, 1920- 1921; served with 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regt in India, 1926-1929; served as staff officer with Manzai Bde on North West Frontier in India, 1929-1933; served as adjutant with 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regt in India, 1933-1938. Imperial War Museums
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